COVENTRY AGREES JOINT IT VENTURE

Coventry City Council has agreed to draw up a multi-million pound joint venture agreement with Siemens Business Ser...

Coventry City Council has agreed to draw up a multi-million pound joint venture agreement with Siemens Business Services to provide IT services.

Under the agreement, around 120 Coventry staff will transfer to a separate organisation to be known as Siemens Business Services Coventry and help supply the 'full spectrum' of IT services to the authority. SBS was chosen from an original list of five interested firms.

Just under half of England’s district and unitary councils are currently charging a community infrastructure levy (CIL) in part due to concerns over a lack of viability and a sense of uncertainty over government policy, joint analysis by LGC and the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) shows.

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